Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to a report by the Central Statistics Office that reveals that hourly earnings only rose by 2.1% in 2005 while inflation rose by 2.5%, and that relative fall is the first since the days of high unemployment during the 1980s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18193/06]

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